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Aaron Schapper - President and CEO

Aaron M. Schapper

President and CEO

Aaron M. Schapper was appointed President, CEO, and member of the Board of Directors for Myers Industries in November 2024.

Aaron brings more than two decades of global leadership experience to Myers, having joined the company from Valmont Industries Inc., an Omaha-based manufacturer and global provider of equipment and technology for the infrastructure and agriculture markets. During his tenure with Valmont, which began in 2011, he held various senior leadership roles and led each of the company’s business divisions. Most recently, he was Group President of Agriculture and Chief Strategy Officer. Previously, he served as Group President of Infrastructure, responsible for leading significant growth and profitability in Valmont’s largest segment, and Group President of Utility Support Structures.

Prior to Valmont, Aaron spent nearly a decade in Shanghai, China, with Salt Lake City-based Orbit Irrigation Products. He joined Orbit in 2002 as a design and manufacturing engineer with the company’s Asia division. In 2007 he was named the division’s General Manager, responsible for strengthening Orbit’s global presence through acquisitions and by establishing greenfield manufacturing sites in Ningbo, China, and Taipei, Taiwan.

Aaron graduated from the University of Utah with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a bachelor’s degree in Mandarin Chinese. He also holds an Executive MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.